I can't update

[TomiTom1234]

I tried to update and followed the steps mentioned here, which are:

1- In a command prompt/terminal window you need to move into your alltalk_tts folder and run start_environment.bat or /start_environment.sh to load the Python environment.

2- At the command prompt/terminal, type git pull and wait for it to complete the download.

I installed standalone version, but when I type the command git pull I get the following message in the command prompt:
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Any idea what I am doing wrong here?

[erew123]

Hi @TomiTom1234

Within the AllTalk folder, there is a hidden folder .git

Within this folder is all the tracking details it uses for doing anything with git, such as a git pull

If that folder is deleted, renamed or corrupted (and you are in the /alltalk_tts/ folder) then you would get the error.

So below I did a git pull (ignore my message about committing changes, that's because I changed those files while working on code), but then I renamed the .git folder and got the error.

So I guess check that your .git folder is there, you have access to go inside it, as mentioned its a hidden folder.

I'm not sure if you are on Windows or Linux, if you are on Linux, I guess you could try a sudo git pull just to over-ride any possible permission issues.

Thats the first thing to be checking really.

[erew123]

Oh, if you are on a standalone environment, you can either copy over the environment too alltalk_environment and your start_alltalk.bat as well as start_environment.bat or rebuild it with atsetup.bat

[TomiTom1234]

Thank you for your time and effort.
I did what you said, but this didn't create .git folder either.
I copied a .git folder from some other open-source generator (RVC) then pasted it in the Alltalk main directory, then tried the update commands, and it worked, but gave me the message that it is up-to-date. Furthermore, I don't know if that is OK.

[erew123]

Im not sure it will be ok. You will be up to date if you have extracted from that zip, but I dont think you will be pointing at the correct repository. Ive just updated the zip file again and pushed the git folder into it afresh. So you are welcome to pull the git folder out of that https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts/releases/download/1.9/alltalk_tts.zip

[TomiTom1234]

LOL I noticed just now your reply, but weird enough that the .git folder isn't there when I extracted your zip file.
Does it run away from my machine when I just try to catch it? 😄

[erew123]

Hi @TomiTom1234

Well I have a good news/bad news situation for you! Not that bad so don't worry!

During my last update, I spent around 2 days on documentation, part of which was to re-visit every question I've been asked on every platform. I've either done my best to code around issues OR test things out and write out help/instructions.

Bringing that back to your specific problem with updating a ZIp file copy, I've found out that even though the git folder may exist within the zip, it will refuse to update with a git pull. The only way to make it update with git pull updates, is to have git pulled the original copy.

The simplest method to move over to a version that has been git pulled will be to follow the quick setup instructions, then copy/migrate over the files as I showed above. All should be good then.

So good news, we have an answer, bad news I had lots of documentation to write and you will need to git pull next time you update.

Hope that solves it at least :)

[TomiTom1234]

Thanks man I appreciate your time and effort.

I am kinda lost here.. Just to clarify things:
The ZIP file you uploaded here for me to download, supposed to include ".git" folder or not? or does it get created after I replace my old files with yours then run git pull command?

Here is a screenshot of the your ZIP file contents, and as you can see no .git folder:

[erew123]

Hi @TomiTom1234

So you would want to do the git clone when creating AllTalk, from the word go. Don't use the ZIP file unless you are building on a Headless system with NO internet access.

Although the zip file does contain the github folder, it appears this doesn't carry the tracking information to say that the files:

• are linked to https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts/
• are version number x, y, z etc

This information is only populated/created when you git clone the initial build of something onto your computer via the git utility. It builds a mini tracking database file that keeps track of all the file versions on your computer and compares them to the files stored up on Github.

So you will:

• git clone https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts/ to download/create the alltalk_tts folder, then follow the instructions.

from then on you can:

• manually git pull when inside the alltalk_tts folder to pull down updates.
• Or use the atsetup utility to pull the updates, which is performing a git pull.

I have to say, git and github aren't the most friendly to your average person who just wants to dip into it, there can be too much to learn. Obviously I only recently had time to figure out that ZIP vs the git clone would work differently with git pull and how it populates the .github and .git folder.

So if you want to migrate to using a git clone method, you would:

1. Rename your current alltalk_tts folder to something like alltalk_tts.old.
2. Move to the folder where you want AllTalk to be inside of it e.g. cd myfolder
3. Perform the git clone https://github.com/erew123/alltalk_tts/ which will pull AllTalk down, into a folder called alltalk_tts (as per the quick setup instructions).

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4. You will of course need to run atsetup to install the relevant bits for Standalone OR Text-generation-webui. e.g.:

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5. You can copy over the correct files/folders from your alltalk_tts.old folder to migrate the settings/files that you need.

confignew.json
models
outputs
voices

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6. After you have done that and you can start up AllTalk.

Hope that clears it up.

Thanks

[erew123]

Oh, and assuming its working, you can delete the alltalk_tts.old folder at your leisure.

[TomiTom1234]

Thank you! I followed the steps and now everything is OK. There is finally a ".git" folder and everything is set and working.